Travels in Kashmir and the Panjab: Containing a Particular Account of the Government and Character of the Sikhs |
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Page 280 - In the event of a violation of any of the preceding Articles, or of a departure from the rules of friendship on the part of either State, this Treaty shall be considered to be null and void.
Page 280 - Perpetual friendship shall subsist between the British Government and the State of Lahore. The latter shall be considered, with respect to the former, to be on the footing of the most favoured powers; and the British Government will have no concern with the territories and subjects of the Rajah to the northward of the River Sutlej.
Page 280 - Sirdars shall be bound to offer every facility and accommodation to British troops and detachments employed in securing the protection guaranteed, or for purposes otherwise connected with the general interests of the state, whenever the same may be marched into, or stationed in their respective territories.
Page 333 - Sikh shield hangs at the back, fastened with straps across the chest, a quiver at the right side and a bow slung at the back being carried as part of the equipment ; a bag made in the belt holds the balls, and a tall bayonet, frequently ornamented with gold, held in the right hand when the man is on foot and carried over the shoulder when in the saddle, completes the dress."1...
Page 161 - Siund; the water, when high, reaches to the walls of the buildings, although they are built at a height of forty or fifty feet above it. There are three species of the beautiful rose of Kashmir in the garden, and in defiance of the season, one of the bushes yielded me a flower. The Surij Bagh is probably on the site of the once famous city of Parihasapur, of the marvels of which the native legends speak so highly. This city was built by the great conqueror Lalitaditya, who reigned from AD 714 to...
Page 158 - Men are too valuable to the present ruler of Kashmir to be lightly spared : penalties and stripes are therefore the usual punishments. The people seem contented with the justice dealt out to them, and admitted to me that not more than one guilty person in every twenty is ever visited with the reward due to his crimes. The dreadful cruelties perpetrated by their earlier rulers, who, for the smallest offence, punished them with the loss of their noses or ears, make the poor Indians well satisfied with...
Page 382 - ... height, and does not seem to move easily. He has a thick muscular neck, thin arms and legs, the left foot and the left arm drooping, and small well-formed hands. He will sometimes hold a stranger's hand fast within his own for half an hour, and the nervous irritation of his mind is shown by the continued pressure on one's fingers. His costume always contributes to increase his ugliness, being in winter the colour of gamboge, from the Pagri (the turban or Sikh cloth, on his head,) down to his...
Page 45 - Jwala-Mukhl is a Hindu place of worship and pilgrimage, the commands of Ranjit Singh often compel the Brahmins to be silent, and facilitate the intrusion of Christians. The interior of this great temple is divided in the middle by a stone wall; in the centre of the fore-court is hollowed out a pit, like our graves, having seats at either end, on which the Fakirs place themselves. A perpetual flame arises from this pit, and I observed, where I stood, that from two places in the smooth rock similar...
Page 130 - The poor fellow stopped every now and then ; and, in a pitiful tone, besought the other's compassion, but his entreaties were only answered by blows. I inquired what was the cause of the quarrel, but could not make out what they said ; however, when Mirza Ahud joined me, I learnt that the suppliant was a thief ; the other, the owner of the stolen goods, who had just apprehended him. The truth being made known, the delinquent waited very humbly to hear what punishment I should decree. Meanwhile, some...
Page 131 - Ahad complained to me that a Kashmirian would put up with any wrong rather than seek redress from his Sikh master as he is invariably obliged to pay the judge high price for his decision without the slightest prospect of recovering his lost property". — —Charles Hugel (1845). " Under the present system, when the grain has been trodden out, a division takes place between the farmer and the Government, formerly this was an equal one, but the Government had advanced in its demands till it now requires...